linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: swim3: make of_device

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Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2017 13:48:30 +0200
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Cc:     jthumshirn@...e.de, axboe@...com, mingo@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: swim3: make of_device_ids const.

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:24:39PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> of_device_ids are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with of_device_ids provided by <linux/of.h> work with const
> of_device_ids. So mark the non-const structs as const.
> 
> File size before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    8908	   1096	    624	  10628	   2984	drivers/block/swim3.o
> 
> File size after constify swim3_match:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    9708	    296	    624	  10628	   2984	drivers/block/swim3.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
> ---


Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
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